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TONY: Survival was my concern, not escape.

(ECHOING) Day and night merged... ... night merged... merged...

ARMOR: Rewind. Replay.

Memory Module malfunction. Hold for evaluation.

Iron Man Armor computer rebooting.

Access Tony Stark Memory Module,

and rewind memory holograms to starting point six hours ago.

Rewind.

Commence playback to present time and recap.

Responding to an eruption alert at his volcano-powered microchip factory,

Tony Stark, as Iron Man, interfaced with the drone IRVING

to prepare for magma analysis.

Then, while working atop the unstable lava crust,

he was attacked by a sub-magma robot.

With Iron Man's visual transmission capability temporarily disabled,

The Mandarin substituted a false message,

so the Armory team would not know of Iron Man's danger.

Subsequent voice analysis by this computer reveals

it was the work of Modok.

Meanwhile, his Armor damaged in the struggle,

Iron Man escaped, only to be attacked by the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom,

who sent him crashing into an ancient ice cavern

deep within the core of a glacier.

As his enemies continued to search for him, injured,

his Armor requiring 6.4 hours for repair,

and his emergency life support depleted by the sub zero environment,

Tony had only one chance to survive.

How am I supposed to keep awake,

stay alive long enough for my friends to find me?

ARMOR: Activate Memory Module.

Its energy will maintain body temperature,

until your armor is repaired and recharged.

Begin hologrammatic replay.

To his father's dismay,

young Tony Stark refused to take responsibility,

often with catastrophic results, and chose a life devoted to pleasure.

When Tony finally realized he did not need to compete with his father

and could stand on his own, it was too late to make amends.

As his father always wished, Tony worked hard and prospered.

Then arch-business rival Justin Hammer struck again,

transporting him to The Mandarin,

who wanted him to create an invincible armor

with which his forces could conquer the world.

Pain-ridden, ever in danger of paralysis

from deadly metal splinters embedded near his spine by the blast,

Tony labored endlessly, but his experiments were unsuccessful.

And then The Mandarin added an unexpected element.

(ROARS)

(RUMBLING)

Report!

ARMOR: Recommend continuation of Tony Stark Memory Module playback

to sustain your life support.

In other words, if I don't relive my past, I have no future.

- Correct. - Okay, replay.

And if you happen to have a hot corned beef sandwich on you,

- pass it around. - I am a computer, not a delicatessen.

Just play back, okay? I hope it keeps me awake.

TONY: The Lion God Emperor!

It seems like a thousand years ago when he attacked me from his coffin.

(PANTING) Stay back! I am old, but I will not go quietly to my doom!

I don't intend to harm you. I thought you were attacking me.

The Mandarin has a sadistic sense of humor, and...

- Yinsen? Dr. Wellington Yinsen? - You know me?

- (GROANS) I am dizzy. - Let me help you.

Of course I know you. You're the greatest physicist in the world!

YINSEN: That is a dubious assumption, young man, but thank you.

(SIGHS)

I am definitely too old for adventures in the martial arts.

It didn't look that way to me. But your costume and makeup?

I was performing a bit of classical opera for my grandson's eighth birthday,

when The Mandarin's thugs spirited me off quite roughly.

Obviously, they were theater critics.

I was kidnapped, too.

I'm supposed to come up with an invincible armor

so The Mandarin can take over the world,

but so far, no luck.

- Ah! Neuromimetic telepresence. - That's the key, of course, but...

That's your special field!

The Mandarin obviously means for us to work together, but I won't do it!

You hear me, Mandarin? I'm through being your slave!

A colorful but accurate statement, my young friend.

For now, let us bend!

Yinsen. We became friends.

MODOK: Dreadknight! Hypnotia! Blacklash! Have you learned anything?

Yes. It's cold up here.

I want Iron Man, not a weather report!

Blizzard! Has your team been successful?

BLIZZARD: Not yet, Mandarin, but we will be.

We're searching any place which might have given Iron Man sanctuary.

A very thorough search,

to teach everyone the dangers of working against us.

(BLIZZARD LAUGHING)

Excellent, Blizzard! Yours is the correct approach.

Scourge the area until our quarry is found!

Hypnotia! Join Blizzard in the search at once, and...

What?

(SNIFFING)

(EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST)

I smell sulfur and brimstone!

It's the dragon. Quickly, Modok! To the garden.

The last time he came indoors,

it took me a month to get his stench out of the tapestry.

WAR MACHINE: Somewhere in that crater below is where we lost him.

Julia! Wanda! Century's found Tony!

CENTURY: Alas, I did not. But I have found where he has been.

I don't know about you, but I'm praying for a sinus attack.

Silence! Why have you come, Fin Fang Foom?

I did not summon you.

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

I do as I please, Mandarin.

And it pleases me now to claim payment according to our agreement.

Ridiculous! You were to destroy Iron Man.

But I shall destroy him, if you live up to our bargain.

How dare he insult us? Exterminate him!

If anyone can terminate Iron Man, it is he.

Very well, dragon, what do you want?

I want your dragons, Mandarin! Give them to me now!

(LAUGHS EVILLY)

You want my dragons?

(LAUGHS)

My dear fellow, I have none.

Yes, now fly away, you horrible creature,

and eat a ton of breath mints!

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

It was you who constructed the two mechanical dragons

now residing in your subterranean laboratory, Modok.

You who believed they would give The Mandarin power over me.

You were mistaken!

The dragons, please.

Will you use them to hunt down and eradicate Iron Man?

Of course.

Then a bargain has been struck! But uphold your end of it, this time.

No one fails The Mandarin more than once!

Mechanical dragons of gold and silver, attend me!

(ROARING)

Too long have I lacked the company of my own kind.

Their familiar forms give me pleasure, even though they are artificial.

Come, brothers! To the hunt!

I must confess, I'm disappointed in you, Mr. Stark.

Your brilliant scientific breakthroughs

always kept you one step ahead of me in business.

So, I assumed you'd perfect the armor we wanted quite rapidly.

But this limp, flaccid abomination is unacceptable!

They're intentionally dragging their feet.

I suggest you torture the old man and give Mr. Stark a bit more incentive.

I shall torture them both,

if Mr. Stark and Dr. Yinsen are unable to demonstrate

a greater willingness for their task, by tomorrow morning!

Your friend's agony will be on your head,

and yours on his!

But we've interrupted your dinner.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Now!

YINSEN: The projector has now replaced a view of us

with the hologram we prepared.

Stark would instantly discover any sophisticated bugging device.

That's why I've resorted to good old-fashioned eavesdropping.

(THE MANDARIN CHUCKLING)

Clearly the threat of torture hasn't affected their stomachs.

But the night is young.

Our cover hologram won't fool them for long!

Let's hope we can activate the armor in the time we have.

None of them realize that the Armor has been tuned

to your neuromimetic signature, Tony.

Until you interface your thoughts with its computer or touch it,

it is lifeless. Profound good luck, my son.

- What is it? - You called me "son."

- It was unexpected. - But sincere.

- Now hurry! - Yes.

What's wrong? Why have you stopped the Memory Module?

ARMOR: Enemy search party approaching. Secure for silent running.

TONY: Fin Fang Foom again! And this time, he's brought two friends.

WAR MACHINE: It was tough enough forcing IRVING down.

- We don't want to spook him now. - Where's Tony, IRVING?

What happened to him?

IRVING: Accessing visual replay. Replaying.

WAR MACHINE: Tony's scanners were covered!

So that's how The Mandarin replaced his image transmission!

CENTURY: Both a robot and Fin Fang Foom.

The Mandarin was determined to destroy Iron Man this time.

SPIDER WOMAN: Wait, look! Tony fell into a glacier!

Yeah, but which one?

Computer, energy status!

ARMOR: Auxiliary reserves restored to 70% capacity.

Main supply still below safe levels.

Then we'll have to tap auxiliary. Freezing to death.

- Resume Memory Module replay. - Continuing.

It works! I'll armor up and get us out of here.

No! The Mandarin must not know

that you and the man in armor are one and the same.

Better he should believe he has two implacable foes.

A little straw from my bed, my theatrical training,

and the bits of makeup remaining from my opera costume

serve the purpose well.

Now, remove your clothing and don the Armor. Quickly!

(BLIZZARD LAUGHING)

BLIZZARD: Random destruction is entertaining,

(CHUCKLING)

But it has not revealed Iron Man's hiding place.

However, this zero-temperature-based scanner may reveal any...

Hold on, there! That glacier!

Yes! Iron Man must be inside!

Move on!

Strange! They ate and then went to sleep without exchanging a word!

They should be working, not sleeping! I want results! I...

Of course, I don't mean to dictate to you in your own castle, but...

You are quite right, Justin.

I think it's time I gave our guests a harsher reminder of our expectations.

Wait here, and watch.

He comes! Hurry!

TONY: What is it?

ARMOR: Unknown parties have broken through

the glacier's north face,

and are making their way toward this cavern.

Danger! Danger! Danger!

(ALARM BLARING)

TONY: Enemies approaching from the north!

The glacier will fall on me if I try to get free,

and my Armor is still in the shop.

I hate it when that happens.

Computer. Armor status.

ARMOR: Fully operational in 71 seconds.

- 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 65... - I'll be a Popsicle by then!

Continue Memory Module replay until my Armor is ready.

Replay!

YINSEN: Do not attempt to hurry the armor donning process.

You must take sufficient time for the neuromimetic interface to be complete,

or you will be too weak to fight effectively.

TONY: Inside my Armor, my broken body felt no pain.

What my mind directed, my Armor delivered,

its power far greater than I imagined,

the obligation to use it wisely weighing far heavier

than I dreamed possible.

Thanks to Yinsen, I had achieved the incredible,

and made peace with my father's memory.

- Tell me! Does it work? - It's amazing! The power!

- But I'm strangely disoriented. - Use your scanners.

(ROARS)

Whatever or whoever you are, that armor is mine!

No! You are not ready!

(YINSEN SCREAMING)

IRON MAN: Yinsen!

I will never forget what happened here. And neither will you!

I was free! Free at last!

- Computer! Report! - ARMOR: Armor repair complete.

Power reserves at full capacity. Armor components ready for access.

Couldn't you cut it just a little finer?

Magnetic attractors, engage!

- WAR MACHINE: Tone! You're alive! - Tony, honey!

SCARLET WITCH: My precious!

Just like an Indiana Jones picture, huh, babe? The hero gets all the girls.

And we get to take out the garbage.

(SCREAMING IN PAIN)

Hot! Hot! Hot!

MODOK: They found him! They found him!

And I shall finish him!

Fin Fang Foom! Wherever you are, repay your debt to me now!

The Mandarin informs me that Iron Man has been found.

Away!

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

Yes! Yes! Yes!

No! No! No!

IRON MAN: Great to be warm again, Jimbo!

I was starting to feel like a frozen meatloaf dinner.

WAR MACHINE: Funny, the stuff you can suck up in a cyclone,

huh, Whirlwind?

Stuff like tracers.

(SCREAMS)

This way, lovely ladies. Look this way!

Look! Deep into my eyes.

I hate pushy women.

What a crummy way to pick up a date!

DREADKNIGHT: Goodbye, Shellhead!

Foolish fellow! You never know what you'll run into in the mountains.

MODOK: Yes! Yes!

- (CLEARS THROAT) Hooray for us. - The moment of truth and triumph!

(LAUGHS)

Now, Fin Fang Foom! This is the moment I've hungered for!

IRON MAN: The dragons have monumental power.

Unable to hold out for long, but we must fight back!

My sensors say this ledge is low-grade silver-bearing ore. The dragon's fire

is fusing the silica content in the surrounding mountain into glass.

And glass plus silver makes a mirror!

Obliterate Iron Man and his spawn!

Do it now! I order you!

I do not take orders!

Come, brothers, I am weary of this sport.

No! No! No!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

WAR MACHINE: I don't know what turned them off,

but I'm sure not sorry to see them go.

IRON MAN: Let's go home!